Licensed Professional Counselor

Description

Just 4 Kids Health has added mental and behavioral health to their Primary Care and Urgent Care services in order to provide children and parents a comprehensive approach to their care. For this reason, we are seeking Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors (LCPC), and Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) to assist in meeting this need for our pediatric patients. We currently offer behavioral health services within our clinics, which includes screening and where needed, medication management. 

Counselors and Social Workers employed by Just 4 Kids will assess, diagnose, and treat children and adolescents who may have mental, social, or emotional disorders. Assessments, diagnoses, and treatments will be part of an interdisciplinary approach with pediatricians, case managers, child advocacy groups, and others where needed to provide the most complete patient care.

Essential Duties include:

• Excellent communication skills to connect with children and adolescents of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures.
• Education of family members on what they can do for their child or how to respond to certain behaviors.
• Training in a variety of assessment tactics to connect with children who are suffering from a variety of conditions.
• Assisting children in the success of day-to-day activities and in meeting developmental milestones.
• Coordination of patient care with necessary disciplines.
• Development of treatment plans.
• Assistance in coordination of referrals.
• Meeting regularly with patients to ensure that patient needs are continually assessed as well as ongoing treatment plans.
• Ensuring that the needful information is available to the Primary Care Provider on an ongoing basis and any significant change in patient status or condition is communicated in a timely fashion.
• Court appearances and deposition testimony may be necessary in cases where children are removed from the home due to abusive or neglectful conditions.

Additional

• Assistance in progression of integrated mental health/primary care model with Medical Director.
• Leading group therapy course discussions in community.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in psychology and graduate degree in clinical or child psychology.
• Maintains standards of care and practice at all times.
• Adheres to all professional, ethical, and legal regulations as determined by regulatory bodies and the law.
• Attends team meetings and CE courses

Preferred

• Practical experience working with children in a clinical setting.

Supervision of Others

• None

Travel

• /- 10%

Work Environment

• Typically work is performed in an office or clinic setting.
• Occasional work performed in offsite or other clinical locations.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.